You Know You Have PTSD When...

[p-no]

Thanks for caring, Movin'On. It's okay though, those two things didn't freak me out at all. It's just that even thoughts like that bother me now. I used to be a complete wreck many years ago, but my PTSD is good now in the sense that there is almost no anxiety to go with those thoughts. I'd just like thoughts like that to disappear, too. You know, just ride a taxi period. :) But it's good the way it is, no problem at all.

The "put me in a box"-problem is a lot worse. :D And nice at the same time :D

 

[Nadege]

Today I got to the ATM, realized I had left my pocketbook in the car and started walking back to the car to get it, even though it was hanging on my arm the whole time.

 

[shadowchaser]

when you get up and rush to catch the bus so you can get some groceries.

Miss the first bus.

Forget about the second one until it pulls up infront of you and the driver asks "so are we riding today or you out of it again"

Realize the driver knows more about you than a few of your friends

Pull up at wall mart and debark from the bus

Stand out front for 45 min telling yourself it's safe to go in you are ok

Go in and pick up the dog food

The service dog with you threw all this is looking at you like your crazy

Get to the service counter and try to use your club card for another store to pay for dog food

Give up pay with cash because you can't think straight at this point.

Run out to the bus stop ignoring the pain in your knees the dog still looking at you like your whacked out

Wait ten minutes for bus feels like ten hours

Get on bus and ride home

Reach for dogs leash when bus stops at home only to realize you forgot it before walking out the door

Become eternally great full for a well trained dog.

 

[discarded]

When just being, hurts

I am a supporter and I feel like that a lot

 

[Deleted member 12723]

When husband goes to get his pill glass and he says hey you forgot to give me my pills. I had just picked up the glass and put it back in the cupboard. I am glad he is functional and caught that.
So forgetful.

 

[shadowchaser]

When husband goes to get his pill glass and he says hey you forgot to give me my pills. I had just picked up the glass and put it back in the cupboard. I am glad he is functional and caught that.
So forgetful.

LOL I do this to myself. Searched for an hour for the magic disappearing pills to find them back in the cupboard.

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

...when you take off your jeans to put a fresh pair on, but, on your way out for errands, you realize you put the same blasted dirty pair of jeans back on. Oh, man! :facepalm:

 

[Crimson]

You know you have PTSD when you're talking to your GF on the phone and she asks you to pull hamburger out of the freezer for her dinner even though you've eaten. You take the hamburger out. You then talk about her day for two minutes and she wants to get off the phone to leave work and then you ask her what she plans to do for dinner.
You know you have PTSD when someone startles you from behind so badly that you spin around shaking every object in the kitchen making a huge crashing noise but there are enough people who know about you that their non-reaction sort of steers to group to ignore it.
You know that you have PTSD when you think it's funny to mention *at appropriate times, like when talking about sleep* that your GF says you sporadically sit up and inspect the room for fifteen seconds and lay back down.

 

[Jen93]

You know you have PTSD when you miss half your university lecture because

a) You were too busy listening to a class from seven years ago and you didn't know who to listen to- your prof or your scary teacher and felt it was better to listen to the teacher. :mad: (It's driving me crazy. These lectures and the school lessons... why does my mind have to overlap them so? :cry::tdown: )

b) you blacked out/ got paralysis (I still don't know the actual term for whatever's happening.) ... again. :confused:

c) You came in late because it took you a while to figure out where the hell you were and you didn't remember where your class was until a friend found you in the hallway or that you even had a class.

You know you have PTSD when:

You, as one of the most talkative people in school, have people come up to you, say hi, and you just smile and nod, not understanding the conversation or why they're talking to you, so you're just trying to figure out who people are without being rude.

You know you have PTSD when some guy at the front of the class randomly starts talking to you, continues talking to you, and you just nod, try to play along, only to realize eventually that he's the teacher... you then spend the next two minutes hoping you didn't say anything to him.

You know you have PTSD when you try to grab something to ground you, but as soon as you have it you have nooo idea where you're going, who people are, where you are or why you even got a peppermint tea.

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

"c) You came in late because it took you a while to figure out where the hell you were and you didn't remember where your class" -- Jen93

And to make that even worse, universities are often built like mazes anyways!

In a similar vein, you know you have PTSD when you use an elevator you normally don't use on your way to your office and, in the disorientation, walk into a colleague's office as if it's your own. (I did this yesterday -- luckily my colleague who is from Japan and teaches Japanese is one of the sweetest women. We both had a good laugh together.:hug: )

 

[p-no]

You know you have PTSD when you feel you can't stay home from work one day because you're not sick "enough". After all, all you have been doing for two days is cough, have a cold sore, sore throat, a headache, feel dizzy when walking around, feel cold as ice although the heating is on full speed and the list goes on...

 

[kdblossom]

You, as one of the most talkative people in school, have people come up to you, say hi, and you just smile and nod, not understanding the conversation or why they're talking to you, so you're just trying to figure out who people are without being rude.

I am glad I am not the only one with this problem.